You would think that Michael Bay, director of this week’s hot summer blockbuster “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” would be taking advantage of some well-earned downtime as audiences flock to see giant fighting robots and s–t blowing up. Maybe he is. But that’s not all he’s doing.
Variety reports that Bay is in place to produce and possibly direct a book-to-movie adaptation of “I Am Number Four,” the first in a six-book sci-fi series. The deal is with Dreamworks; studio stakeholder Steven Spielberg is expected to be active “in a behind-the-scenes capacity, similar to the godfather role he has played in the ‘Transformers’ franchise.”
As if that’s not enough, a source also says that controversial “A Million Little Pieces” author James Frey is one of two authors putting pen to paper for the series. The New York Times reveals that someone who is “familiar with the project” credits Frey for conceiving the series. The Times article also states that a cover letter accompanying the as-yet-unpurchased manuscript bills “Number Four” as being the work of “an unnamed New York Times best-selling author and a young up-and-coming writer.”
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